Assessing the Performance of Mortality Prediction Models
Final Report for HCFA Severity Project
ResearchPublished 1993
Concerns about the cost and quality of health care have resulted in a national effort to determine the health outcomes of medical and surgical services. This report concentrates on developing criteria that risk-assessment systems should meet to permit consumers to intelligently evaluate them. It also presents a comparison of several selected mortality prediction models.
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- Year: 1993
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- Paperback Pages: 58
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- Document Number: MR-181-HCFA
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Hadorn, David, Emmett B. Keeler, William H. Rogers, and Robert H. Brook, Assessing the Performance of Mortality Prediction Models: Final Report for HCFA Severity Project, RAND Corporation, MR-181-HCFA, 1993. As of October 10, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR181.html
Hadorn, David, Emmett B. Keeler, William H. Rogers, and Robert H. Brook, Assessing the Performance of Mortality Prediction Models: Final Report for HCFA Severity Project. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1993. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR181.html. Also available in print form.
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